Others treated it as a scandal involving billionaire excess.

Few mentioned that two little boys were still learning how to eat without fear of nausea.

Kenneth’s attorney advised him to say very little about the investigation.

He agreed, but insisted on one exception: a written statement asking the press to protect Owen’s and Mason’s privacy.

The investigators had traced Northstar’s bills through several accounts.

Records showed that Martin Vale had approved inflated invoices and transferred portions of the proceeds to entities connected to him.

They also found correspondence suggesting that Walter knew the auxiliary air-treatment installation was untested and had been warned not to use it in occupied rooms.